Royal Seat of San Lorenzo de El Escorial

A great spot to visit when in El Escorial! It’s free to walk outside in the gardens. We stopped here on the way down from Silla de Felipe II hike. Clo.. Read more »se to many restaurants and bars.

a wonderful place i recommend visiting people.there is no photography inside,but it is a world heritage worth seeing and everything is impressive expe.. Read more »cted of as a magnificent viewer, architectural engineering and respect for the past

Philip's instructions to Toledo were simple and clear, directing that the architects should produce "simplicity in the construction, severity in the w.. Read more »hole, nobility without arrogance, majesty without ostentation." Brief achieved!

PROS: impressive heritage | easy free parking | safe & clean city CONS: no free historical places to visit

This place is very beautiful but they don't care about the animals in this pond. There's plastic in it and the fishes are eating it. It's very dirty, .. Read more »at least they could clean the water a little bit.

Free the Wednesday and the Sunday afternoon this monastery will make you small, really nice experience

This place is not only a building, it is a source of culture you can enjoy if you can appreciate. I strongly recommend to visit it in the morning.

We stayed in El Escorial instead of Madrid and it was a good decision. This Palace is well worth a visit. Get there early - 10am and pre book your ti.. Read more »cket if you can. We went on a Sunday and the Basilica is a normal church so you can’t visit while services are on. However it’s imperative that you go inside - it’s simply stunning. It’s a very different kind of Palace as it’s basically a monastery - so not as flamboyant as other palaces. Lots of incredible art work. Well worth a visit

Spain was our last country of a 2 week trip to Europe and we had nothing planned. Our hotel suggested El Escorial and we were completely amazed. They .. Read more »do not allow photographs anywhere except on the outside of the buildings, but when we were in the cathedral the security guard came up to me and told me I could take photos. The biblioteca is absolutely breath taking. We had just come from Rome and had seen the Sistine Chapel but when we stepped in here we were the only ones other than the security guards and it was so beautiful. It took us 2 hours to go through the whole thing but we were rushing because they were due to close. It was by far one of our favorite things we did on our 2 week trip. It is a must visit. When you are in all the apartments notice all the clocks they have tons of clocks I can’t remember how many they told us they have. You will not be disappointed and the price was very reasonable to go through the museum. I was traveling with2 adults and 4 children ages 7 to 14.